The Bible is really a pretty amazing book. Seems like an obvious statement, right? While that is true, I think that it is such an obvious statement that we often take it for granted.
Many of us have heard the story from Creation to Final Redemption so many times that we forget how incredibly awe inspiring the story really is! We forget that we were created! We forget that God is going to redeem all the pain and hurt and falleness we see around us!
I was thinking through one of my favorite verses in the car the other day. Not sure what caused this verse to pop in my head, but I couldn’t let go of it. I just kept “hearing” it over and over again in my head. I really spent some time with it! And the verse spoke to me in a much deeper way than it had before, almost as if I was hearing it for the first time!
This may be a stretch for some of you, but I would encourage you to take 10 minutes to write this verse out on paper in your own handwriting and let the verse sink in! For the first time in a long time I was able to hear God speaking his love and acceptance to me over all the other competing voices that surround me telling me I am not good enough!
For I am convinced that neither death
nor life,
neither angels
nor demons,
neither the present
nor the future,
nor any powers,
neither height
nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Maybe even spend some time creating your own list:
Niether the wrong clothes
Neither my failures
Neither others opinions
Neither bad grades
Neither my low self-worth
Neither anything else . . . .
Neither anything else!!!!
If you feel up to it, and it is not too personal share your list with me!
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